NewsNov 03, 2011

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics released an advocacy report on November 1 raising concerns about the use of Quaternium-15, an agent that releases small amounts of formaldehyde, in Johnson & Johnsons Baby Shampoo. In response to the report, ACC released the following statement.

NewsNov 02, 2011

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council is issuing a call for papers and posters to be presented at the 2012 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, scheduled for September 24-26, 2012, at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the premier technical conference for the polyurethanes industry in the North America, bringing together eperts and business leaders throughout the field.

NewsNov 01, 2011

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today applauded the federal governments attention to energy efficiency at the White House GreenGov Symposium. The event brings together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to share best practices and discuss cutting-edge approaches for the future. Additional information is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/greengov/symposium.

NewsOct 28, 2011

The coordinated plastic pellet cleanup undertaken by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board, the State Water Resources Control Board and US Environmental Protection Agency serves as a good reminder to plastics companies to implement good housekeeping practices in order to contain pellets.

NewsOct 25, 2011

The Spray Foam Coalition (SFC), a new self-funded group within the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council, has launched a new public website, www.whysprayfoam.org, to communicate the benefits of spray polyurethane foam insulation and roofing.

NewsOct 24, 2011

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) offers the following comments in response to queries regarding a study by Joe M. Braun, MSPH, Ph.D., et al. published on-line today in Pediatrics and titled Impact of Early-Life Bisphenol A Eposure on Behavior and Eecutive Function in Children.

NewsOct 20, 2011

Abundant and affordable supplies of shale gas could produce more than 35,000 permanent, high-paying manufacturing jobs in Louisiana, reinvigorating the states industrial base, boosting eports and sparking economic growth, according to an ACC report that ACC President and CEO Cal Dooley released today.

NewsOct 13, 2011

American Chemistry Council President and CEO Cal Dooley released the following statement today following passage last night in the U.S. House and Senate of free trade agreements with Columbia, South Korea and Panama. Dooley had previously written Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ma Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) detailing ACCs endorsement of the pacts.

NewsOct 13, 2011

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today announced the launch of a new flagship blog, American Chemistry Matters. The blog provides an interactive space where ACC can highlight and respond to news coverage and discuss relevant policy issues and their effect on innovation, competitiveness, job creation and safety. The blog will also regularly feature innovative contributions to society made by the business of chemistry.

NewsOct 13, 2011

Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 123 million pounds in 2010 (up 5%) to reach a record high of nearly 2.6 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released jointly today by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR).

NewsOct 12, 2011

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment today added the flame retardant chemical TDCPP to its Proposition 65 list of chemicals. The following statement on the topic can be attributed to Jackson Morrill, director at the American Chemistry Council.

NewsOct 10, 2011

With 783 attendees and more than 60 technical presentations from leading polyurethanes researchers and businesses featured at the Polyurethanes 2011 Technical Conference last week at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tenn., it was one of the largest events for the polyurethanes industry in North America.